Marco Polo's Journey to China. 2nd EditionCan one book really change the world? A handwritten manuscript by Marco Polo in 1288 did. Polo, son of a wealthy Italian merchant, wrote about his incredible experiences traveling to China with his father and uncle on a trade expedition, and also about his adventures as an envoy of Kublai Khan, the ruler of most of China. Polo’s book became a bestseller in Europe in the fourteenth century. It was copied over and over by hand, translated into fourteen languages, and became one of the first books to be printed after the invention of moveable type. The tales inspired others—including Christopher Columbus in the fifteenth century—to seek new sea routes for trade. Polo’s adventures—and manuscript—are one of world history’s most pivotal moments. |
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CO NTE NTS ' CHAPTER ONE VENICE, ISLAND CIT)I OF MERCHANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CHAPTER Two . TI'IE FABULOUS EAST . . . . . . . . . . . . I8 CHAPTER THREE TRAVELING ACROSS ASIA . . . . . . . . 36 CHAPTER FOUR _ ' MARCO ...
MerChanTs. world. . . . you will find abundant food here, bread and wine, chickens and ducks, fresh and salted meat, ... and merchants from every country selling and buying. in this fair city you will see gentlemen, old and young, ...
... where pirates had their bases. The victory brought Venice new sources of grain and more trading ports. With the pirates subdued, Venetian trade increased. 7 8 Merchants from Venice settled in ports around the eastern.
8 Merchants from Venice settled in ports around the eastern Mediterranean to oversee their international businesses. Everywhere they went, Venetians figured out what products local people wanted and then they provided them.
Over the next fifty years, the Venetian economy boomed. Almost every citizen benefited—or hoped to. In other parts of Europe, the nobility held large tracts of land and looked down their noses on merchants who grew rich on trade.
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Traveling Across Asia | 36 |
Marco Polo In China | 54 |
Marco Polos Book | 68 |
Marco Polos Legacy | 84 |
Primary Source Research | 94 |
Primary Source Document | 104 |
Whos Who? | 114 |
Source Notes | 120 |
Bibliography | 124 |
Further Reading | 126 |
Websites | 127 |
Index | 128 |
About The AuthorPhoto Acknowledgments | 132 |
Back Cover | 134 |